Hi DS Folks, I have a question. If its already been answered sorry for asking again.

I'm running DS 1.4.16.0 (Latest version) I installed Victoria4.exe (PC version) into DS.

The install placed the V4 files into contentruntime....

When in DS my Content library window doesnt show the runtime folder.

I checked my Preferences and have the Directories set to D:/DAZ Studio/Content

But I cant see any of the V4 files in my library.
Help.  :sad:

First of all, welcome to the Dark Side.
MUAHAHAHAHA!
j/k

Anyway, the first thing you'll want to do is to link your Poser runtimes to D|S.  Go to Edit>Preferences and click on "Directories".  Select Poser Content Directories from the Dropdown menu, and hit search (well, if you have a lot of runtimes like me.  If you only have a few, and know exactly where they are, you can navigate to them manually by clicking "Add")  Once you've done that, navigate to the Poser directory where V4 is, and load her.  (If you installed her directly to the D|S runtime, it will be in a runtime of its' own called "content".  NOT the "Studio" runtime that will be at the top of the library.  I liken it to the "Downloads" runtime that's auto-installed in Poser since V5.)
And, from there, you should be golden!  The D|S material presets will be in the Studio runtime under the "People" heading.  :)

Hi Jen, Thanks for the welcome. I like the dark side for sure. 

I'm a little slow on the uptake here.

I have V4 installed into

d:DAZ StudioContentRuntime..etc...

I understand how to locate my Poser runtimes using the Preferences and pointing it to the folders...but I dont want to do that.

I'm trying to understand how to get Poser native content installed directly into DS.

Do I need to grab the Geometries, libraries and textures folders currently in ContentRuntime and move them up one level into the Content folder? I tried that and it still didnt see V4.

Sorry if I'm being dense here.

It's ok, you're not being dense.  It's just confusing.  I still don't understand why it's done this way, but, well, if I understood everything DAZ does, I'd probably be a bajillionaire :lol:

Even when you install Poser items into DAZ|Studio, you need to link the additional runtime it creates to D|S, if for no other reason than that's where the figure and/or content is installed.  If you just add that one, you'll be good (especially since that's where you installed V4).  And then you'll be able to find V4, and the world will be right again, if only for 15 minutes :)

Ok - Cool - I think I'm getting there.

I linked d:DAZ StudioContentRuntime and now this shows up in my Content Libary within DS.

But, I dont see any of the nicve little thumbnails.

I go into libraries - character - DAZ People and nothing displays.  :sad:

I must still have something wrong. ggrrrr...

K, give me a second, I'm going to walk through your steps ;)  See what should be where :)

I deleted V4 and started again with a fresh install.

It put the runtime folder in d:DAZ StudioContent

I set my preferences to find d:DAZ StudioContentRuntime

And this is what I get....no nice library ICONs anywhere.  :sad:

I give.  :lol:

I'm so sorry that I seem to be an idiot about this.
BTW - I have looked through all the doc I could find. Is this document anywhere in DAZ documentation?

Attached Link: http://documentation.daz3d.com/studio/

Thanks for the link - I'll look into the documentation a little more.

I didnt see anything in there about loading up exisiting Poser content. I'll try to locate that.

I moved my runtime up out of Content and into d:DAZ Studio main folder (which is where it looks like you have it). I pointed my preferences to this and still nothing.

I give. :sad:

No wonder I havent been using DS..  :lol:

This is my fault for confusing you.  It is, really.
You want to point D|S to the content folder housing the runtime folder.  Just like you would in Poser. 
Here's how it will end up looking if it comes out right.

Thats how I've done it....but still wont work.

Uncle...I give.

Well, CRAP!

Another option is to just let it find the directories, and delete the ones you don't want it to use.  Sounds backwards, but, well, better than nothing IMHO.

ClintH, where have you pointed the Daz .exe installer? That would be where I would check first.

Destination Directory should be C:/Program Files/DAZ/Studio/content and everything "should" be placed in the correct folders.

Basically your Content Tab will have two trees, the one with "content" as the header is where Poser content is & should go, the "Studio" header is for DS specific content.

If all else fails, point the Daz installer to a "dummy" folder and then go from there.

It's not the installation that's the problem - it's that you're selecting the folder as a DAZ|Studio content directory, not a Poser content directory. Look at the two different icons in Jen's screenshot - the Studio entry has a folder icon with a stylised S, that's a D|S content directory (.daz scene files and .ds/,dsb scripts including presets) while the Content  entry has a plain icon, that's a Poser content folder and it skips straight to the library categories, with appropriate icons, instead of showing the Runtimelibraries folders en route. You switch what you are selecting using the long button at the top of edit>preferences>directories (what Jen called a drop down menu).

Thanks.

I have installed V4 into:
D:DAZ StudioContentRuntime

I've set my preferences to:
D:DAZ StudioContentRuntime

The Library window shows:
Content

Under content is:
Libraries
Geometries
Textures

Drilling down into any of the above listed folders in DAZ Studio doesnt display any of the ICONs in the library.

Like I said - I'm feeling really damn stupid at this time.

I've set my preferences to:
D:DAZ StudioContentRuntime

Sorry, then the selected folder in preferences is wrong - it should be

D:DAZ StudioContent

buit that aside, what I said applies - you need to switch to selecting a poser content directory.

Quote - I've set my preferences to:
D:DAZ StudioContentRuntime

Sorry, then the selected folder in preferences is wrong - it should be

D:DAZ StudioContent

buit that aside, what I said applies - you need to switch to selecting a poser content directory.

Richard, doesn't DS by default already point to the correct directories? I know mine did when I first started up DS, I didn't have to set up the Poser directory because it was already there.

Both my Studio & Poser directories point to Program Files/DAZ/Studio/content.

It would be much simpler if Daz didn't use .exe downloading and opt for zips instead.

I thought it used to select the Content folder as both a Poser and D|S content directory, but it seems not to in recent builds - it will pick the Content folder on a new install, or if you remove all other D|S content folders, but otherwise it waits to be told what to use (or to search).

I don't think the problem (here) is the installers, and Clint is presumably pretty handy with them after all these years anyway, it's the distinction between the two content types (though I can understand why DAZ needed it - you could get in a mess in your Poser folders if they were deletable and renamable like D|S folder, and the difference between being able to import but not export Poser content in the Content palette while being able to both open and save D|S content could lead to confusion).

Ahhhhh - Success.....Thank you all for sticking with me on this.

It was that I wasnt selecting the Poser Content in the preferences drop down menu!

Life is good again. 

Thank you to everyone that replied - I really appreciate the help on this.

Yay!  :D 

I haven't read through all the responses, so forgive me if someone already posted this.

There's a great tutorial which helped get me started with DAZ. It's at http://www.tuitzone.com/DazTut.html

It includes setting up DAZ to find all your content, takes you through it step by step.

Again, sorry if someone already posted this, I just know it helped me get started.

I haven't read through all the responses, so forgive me if someone already posted this.

There's a great tutorial which helped get me started with DAZ. It's at http://www.tuitzone.com/DazTut.html

It includes setting up DAZ to find all your content, takes you through it step by step.

Again, sorry if someone already posted this, I just know it helped me get started.

What I have is 6 Poser Contect Folders I never had anything in Daz as the folder stucture is so weired, I have had the same problem lately thought I would add some to the Daz Folders as my poser ones were bulging with stuff, and guess what I dont see stuff either

I know what the problem is I updated to the latest version and this happened to me also, new content I have put in there will not show now. Even though I have Daz to point to the folder and by the way I have Daz on D drive too

Angea

Are you sure ytou are selecting the folder that holds the Runtime, and selecting it as a Poser content directory rather than a DAZ|Studio content directory?